Forest Thinning Underway to Protect Watersheds

The devastation brought on by the Cerro Grande and Las Conchas wildfires is something no one wants to see repeated. Not only were thousands of acres of forests devastated, watersheds were choked with ash and debris for months afterwards, effecting municipal water supplies as far away as Albuquerque.

The Nature Conservancy-led Rio Grande Water Fund is an ambitious 20-year program aimed at protecting forests from those high-intensity fires and, by extension, the state’s watersheds. Their efforts are directed at the entire northern Rio Grande watershed. read more >>